Justin Martin clearly remembers the fireside, life-changing moment. It was New Year’s Eve 2008, and Martin, a farm-bred former rodeo performer who was winding down the animal-wrangling part of his life, wanted a change. He had enjoyed backyard boxing matches with his friends in the past, and he certainly had a background in takedown skills with his rodeo history. And he knew what he wanted to do with them
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